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Old 06-25-2023, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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I kind of laughed when I saw this and thought of this thread. Our perennial favorite, Fairfield wasn’t in the Top 10! How could that be? Jay

https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2...lity-rankings/
Very odd ranking. How is Waterbury that far ahead of Fairfield? Hartford #2?

 
Old 06-26-2023, 12:20 AM
 
Location: Coastal Connecticut
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I kind of laughed when I saw this and thought of this thread. Our perennial favorite, Fairfield wasn’t in the Top 10! How could that be? Jay

https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2...lity-rankings/
Norwalk is very well-rounded - the most well-rounded in CT imo (a little bit of everything in the city/town).

Glad to see it get some overdue recognition.

Here are the measures they looked at:
Bars
Commute time
Driving distance from airport
Driving distance from hospital
Diversity
Grocery stores
Housing units
Public schools
Libraries
Restaurants
Transit stops
 
Old 07-05-2023, 08:48 AM
 
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Stratford, Meriden, and East Hartford in Top 15? LOOOL
 
Old 10-28-2023, 01:36 PM
 
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2024 Tournament Announcement:

Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to give you a huge update and announcement about the next Tournament in 2024, which is less than 6 months away!!! How time goes so fast, LOL!

As I have stated before, this will be the TEN YEAR Anniversary of when I first launched this back in 2014, so something really special needs to be done this time for the 2024 Tournament! I was thinking about a format change, and how we could do this differently. There have been a number of suggestions as to ranked choice, but that would honestly be way too confusing for me to figure out, etc, and I feel it wouldn't be as fun in the long run, as people are very competitive on here and really love to see what happens!

That being said, we are going to make this Tournament even bigger in 2024, and will do something very special that will honestly give a lot more of an accurate representation of where each town stands among voters, and we can guarantee that the winner, second place, and third place will fully deserve to be there in the New Format!!! This New Addition will also give a much better idea of where the mid-table towns stand amongst each other. In the past, it was always easy to know the Top 16-20 towns, but after that, it was a lot harder to really know 100% where the 3-5 tier towns stand and how they rank. This was mainly because we do not know how for example towns like Deep River vs Colchester would rank against each other because they'd be out to more seeded towns earlier, etc.

So before I announce, can anyone guess what the New Format / Addition is going to be? (Read Below)

DOUBLE ELIMINATION!!!!!!!

Yeah that is Right!!! We are going to make this Tournament a Double-Elimination Tournament! Which basically means that towns will have to be eliminated TWICE before they are considered out of the tournament. Therefore, there will be a losers bracket where every town eliminated will have a second chance, and once a town is eliminated twice, they are out. This will greatly be beneficial and avoid towns being eliminated too early because of tough draws, etc. There will also be NO small group brackets to start with like there were in the past. It'll be ONE HUGE Bracket of 169 towns from the start, which will contain a WINNERS and LOSERS Bracket.

Now one thing I am still figuring out in debating is whether there will even be a clear / fixed bracket from the start of the tournament. One other option would be to start out seeding the towns be coefficient, but the towns that they will fixed next will depend on the vote difference they won the previous round by. So therefore let's say these were the following results of a previous round: (I am using the Round of 16 results of the last tournament for example)

West Hartford 4-15 Milford (+11)

Branford 12-8 East Lyme (+4)

Fairfield 10-10 New Haven (6-7) (+0/1)

Ridgefield 3-17 Stonington (+14)

Norwalk 9-11 Essex (+2)

Litchfield 8-12 Guilford (+4)

Westport 7-12 Madison (+5)

Glastonbury 3-16 Old Saybrook (+13)

So in this case the quarterfinals would be: Stonington vs New Haven, Old Saybrook vs Essex, Milford vs Branford, and Madison vs Guilford. Because the winner with the largest vote difference is paired with the smallest and so fourth. We MIGHT do it this way, or we might just have a clear bracket from the start with towns seeded by coefficient. This is something that I am still thinking about. Feel Free to let me know if you'd prefer one option or the other for that, and I'll happily take your feedback into consideration!

Start Date: Tuesday, March 5 2024! (If you remember, we usually start this in April, but since this will be a double elimination tournament, we will have a few extra rounds added. Therefore, we will start a month earlier, because I'd like to try and have this tournament finished by June 14).

So Mark Your Calendars for Tuesday, March 5 2024!!! Who's Excited?
 
Old 10-31-2023, 11:26 AM
 
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Hey Guys,
Just wanted to let you know that I have successfully calculated the coefficients for every town per county. I haven't had the time to be able to do the whole 169 towns ranks among all counties yet, but these are the ranks per county:

Fairfield County:
1. Fairfield
2. Westport
3. Ridgefield
4. Norwalk
5. Greenwich
6. Newtown
7. Stamford
8. Wilton
9. Weston
10. Trumbull
11. Bethel
12. Redding
13. Easton
14. Darien
15. Shelton
16. Brookfield
17. Danbury
18. Bridgeport
19. New Canaan
20. Monroe
21. New Fairfield
22. Sherman
23. Stratford

New Haven County:
1. Guilford
2. New Haven
3. Milford
4. Madison
5. Branford
6. Wallingford
7. Southbury
8. North Branford
9. Woodbridge
10. Oxford
11. Middlebury
12. Cheshire
13. Orange
14. Beacon Falls
15. Seymour
16. Bethany
17. North Haven
18. West Haven
19. East Haven
20. Prospect
21. Hamden
22. Meriden
23. Wolcott
24. Naugatuck
25. Ansonia
26. Derby
27. Waterbury

Hartford County:
1. West Hartford
2. Glastonbury
3. Simsbury
4. Farmington
5. Avon
6. Canton
7. Hartford
8. Marlborough
9. Rocky Hill
10. Wethersfield
11. Southington
12. Manchester
13. Newington
14. Burlington
15. Bristol
16. Berlin
17. South Windsor
18. Windsor Locks
19. Enfield
20. East Granby
21. New Britain
22. Granby
23. Plainville
24. Windsor
25. Suffield
26. Hartland
27. Bloomfield
28. East Hartford
29. East Windsor

Litchfield County:
1. Litchfield
2. Kent
3. Salisbury
4. Washington
5. Woodbury
6. New Milford
7. Bridgewater
8. Bethlehem
9. Roxbury
10. Cornwall
11. Watertown
12. New Hartford
13. Thomaston
14. North Canaan
15. Barkhamsted
16. Norfolk
17. Canaan
18. Morris
19. Colebrook
20. Goshen
21. Harwinton
22. Torrington
23. Warren
24. Sharon
25. Plymouth
26. Winchester

Middlesex County:
1. Old Saybrook
2. Essex
3. Middletown
4. Westbrook
5. Chester
6. Deep River
7. East Hampton
8. East Haddam
9. Clinton
10. Cromwell
11. Portland
12. Killingworth
13. Durham
14. Haddam
15. Middlefield

New London County:
1. Stonington
2. East Lyme
3. Old Lyme
4. Waterford
5. Lyme
6. Colchester
7. Groton
8. North Stonington
9. New London
10. Griswold
11. Preston
12. Bozrah
13. Salem
14. Montville
15. Norwich
16. Voluntown
17. Lisbon
18. Lebanon
19. Franklin
20. Sprague
21. Ledyard

Tolland County:
1. Mansfield
2. Bolton
3. Hebron
4. Ellington
5. Willington
6. Tolland
7. Union
8. Coventry
9. Andover
10. Vernon
11. Stafford
12. Somers
13. Columbia

Windham County:
1. Woodstock
2. Pomfret
3. Thompson
4. Ashford
5. Canterbury
6. Scotland
7. Eastford
8. Hampton
9. Killingly
10. Putnam
11. Brooklyn
12. Plainfield
13. Windham
14. Chaplin
15. Sterling
 
Old 10-31-2023, 07:05 PM
 
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Hey Guys,
Just wanted to let you know that I have successfully calculated the coefficients for every town per county. I haven't had the time to be able to do the whole 169 towns ranks among all counties yet, but these are the ranks per county:

Fairfield County:
1. Fairfield
2. Westport
3. Ridgefield
4. Norwalk
5. Greenwich
6. Newtown
7. Stamford
8. Wilton
9. Weston
10. Trumbull
11. Bethel
12. Redding
13. Easton
14. Darien
15. Shelton
16. Brookfield
17. Danbury
18. Bridgeport
19. New Canaan
20. Monroe
21. New Fairfield
22. Sherman
23. Stratford

New Haven County:
1. Guilford
2. New Haven
3. Milford
4. Madison
5. Branford
6. Wallingford
7. Southbury
8. North Branford
9. Woodbridge
10. Oxford
11. Middlebury
12. Cheshire
13. Orange
14. Beacon Falls
15. Seymour
16. Bethany
17. North Haven
18. West Haven
19. East Haven
20. Prospect
21. Hamden
22. Meriden
23. Wolcott
24. Naugatuck
25. Ansonia
26. Derby
27. Waterbury

Hartford County:
1. West Hartford
2. Glastonbury
3. Simsbury
4. Farmington
5. Avon
6. Canton
7. Hartford
8. Marlborough
9. Rocky Hill
10. Wethersfield
11. Southington
12. Manchester
13. Newington
14. Burlington
15. Bristol
16. Berlin
17. South Windsor
18. Windsor Locks
19. Enfield
20. East Granby
21. New Britain
22. Granby
23. Plainville
24. Windsor
25. Suffield
26. Hartland
27. Bloomfield
28. East Hartford
29. East Windsor

Litchfield County:
1. Litchfield
2. Kent
3. Salisbury
4. Washington
5. Woodbury
6. New Milford
7. Bridgewater
8. Bethlehem
9. Roxbury
10. Cornwall
11. Watertown
12. New Hartford
13. Thomaston
14. North Canaan
15. Barkhamsted
16. Norfolk
17. Canaan
18. Morris
19. Colebrook
20. Goshen
21. Harwinton
22. Torrington
23. Warren
24. Sharon
25. Plymouth
26. Winchester

Middlesex County:
1. Old Saybrook
2. Essex
3. Middletown
4. Westbrook
5. Chester
6. Deep River
7. East Hampton
8. East Haddam
9. Clinton
10. Cromwell
11. Portland
12. Killingworth
13. Durham
14. Haddam
15. Middlefield

New London County:
1. Stonington
2. East Lyme
3. Old Lyme
4. Waterford
5. Lyme
6. Colchester
7. Groton
8. North Stonington
9. New London
10. Griswold
11. Preston
12. Bozrah
13. Salem
14. Montville
15. Norwich
16. Voluntown
17. Lisbon
18. Lebanon
19. Franklin
20. Sprague
21. Ledyard

Tolland County:
1. Mansfield
2. Bolton
3. Hebron
4. Ellington
5. Willington
6. Tolland
7. Union
8. Coventry
9. Andover
10. Vernon
11. Stafford
12. Somers
13. Columbia

Windham County:
1. Woodstock
2. Pomfret
3. Thompson
4. Ashford
5. Canterbury
6. Scotland
7. Eastford
8. Hampton
9. Killingly
10. Putnam
11. Brooklyn
12. Plainfield
13. Windham
14. Chaplin
15. Sterling
This is nothing short of incredible. Absolutely amazing. The OG.
Do you use some sort of optimization software or just your own spreadsheet?
I feel like I might have helped pump up Norwalk in the last tournament, but this one I need to work on getting Darien and New Canaan out of the first rounds. Those are pitiful rankings. It's a tall order because I understand everyone hates them here, I get it.
 
Old 10-31-2023, 08:35 PM
 
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This is nothing short of incredible. Absolutely amazing. The OG.
Do you use some sort of optimization software or just your own spreadsheet?
I feel like I might have helped pump up Norwalk in the last tournament, but this one I need to work on getting Darien and New Canaan out of the first rounds. Those are pitiful rankings. It's a tall order because I understand everyone hates them here, I get it.
Steve, you won't believe how many hours I have spent trying to figure this all out. I don't use any software at all. In fact today, I have actually been debating myself whether all tournaments should count equally or the most recent tournaments should have slightly more weight when deciding the coefficients. After a lot of thought, I have came to the conclusion that towns definitely slightly change within a few years and therefore while performance in all the previous tournaments needs to count, the more recent ones should have a little more say in the coefficients. Therefore, the later the tournament has happened, the more weight and emphasis it has on the coefficients and ranks of the towns.

I am just doing some slight touch ups and making sure everything is accurate and I will have the exact 169 towns posted and ranked here very soon. Likely within 30-60 min from now. Stay Tuned. This is very beneficial to how the seeding will work for the next tournament!
 
Old 10-31-2023, 08:37 PM
 
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I feel like I might have helped pump up Norwalk in the last tournament, but this one I need to work on getting Darien and New Canaan out of the first rounds. Those are pitiful rankings. It's a tall order because I understand everyone hates them here, I get it.
On another note, I will say that I feel like Darien as a town is improving a little bit. I have not spent that much time there recently, but with more NYC residents moving to CT, and the towns developing more and more, I feel like Darien has become less snobby over the past couple years, and while its still likely the second most upscale town in the state, I feel it is not as snobby or ritzy as it used to be. There is a higher demand of people moving out to that area, and the demand of residents moving to those towns is increasing. I am starting to have some more appreciation for Darien and what it has to offer compared to how I previously used to view the town.
 
Old 10-31-2023, 09:52 PM
 
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Default CT Town Coefficient Ranks:

OK Guys, after very careful review and analysis, Here are the current coefficient ranks for all the 169 towns in Connecticut: Based off of performances and data in the 2022, 2020, 2018, and 2016 Tournaments!!!

Connecticut Town Coefficient Ranks:

1. Fairfield
2. Guilford
3. New Haven
4. Milford
5. Madison
6. Old Saybrook
7. Litchfield
8. Stonington
9. Westport
10. Branford
11. East Lyme
12. West Hartford
13. Essex
14. Glastonbury
15. Ridgefield
16. Norwalk
17. Old Lyme
18. Greenwich
19. Newtown
20. Stamford
21. Wilton
22. Weston
23. Middletown
24. Simsbury
25. Darien
26. Farmington
27. Avon
28. Wallingford
29. Kent
30. Salisbury
31. Westbrook
32. Chester
33. Washington
34. Woodbridge
35. Southbury
36. Oxford
37. Canton
38. Waterford
39. Lyme
40. Trumbull
41. Easton
42. Deep River
43. Bethel
44. East Hampton
45. East Haddam
46. Clinton
47. Woodbury
48. New Milford
49. Colchester
50. Bridgewater
51. Bethlehem
52. Roxbury
53. Groton
54. Danbury
55. North Stonington
56. Redding
57. Hartford
58. Brookfield
59. Shelton
60. North Branford
61. Cheshire
62. Bridgeport
63. New Canaan
64. Orange
65. New London
66. Cornwall
67. Cromwell
68. Watertown
69. Portland
70. Marlborough
71. Rocky Hill
72. Wethersfield
73. Southington
74. Mansfield
75. Killingworth
76. Middlebury
77. Monroe
78. New Fairfield
79. Bolton
80. Hebron
81. Woodstock
82. New Hartford
83. Thomaston
84. North Canaan
85. Ellington
86. Manchester
87. Newington
88. Pomfret
89. Sherman
90. Thompson
91. Burlington
92. Barkhamsted
93. Norfolk
94. Canaan
95. Bristol
96. Morris
97. Ashford
98. Colebrook
99. Goshen
100. Harwinton
101. Canterbury
102. Scotland
103. Beacon Falls
104. Berlin
105. South Windsor
106. Durham
107. Haddam
108. Eastford
109. Middlefield
110. Willington
111. Tolland
112. Seymour
113. Hampton
114. Killingly
115. Union
116. Putnam
117. Windsor Locks
118. Enfield
119. East Granby
120. Coventry
121. New Britain
122. Granby
123. Andover
124. Bethany
125. Plainville
126. North Haven
127. West Haven
128. East Haven
129. Stratford
130. Windsor
131. Suffield
132. Hartland
133. Griswold
134. Prospect
135. Hamden
136. Bloomfield
137. East Hartford
138. Brooklyn
139. Vernon
140. East Windsor
141. Preston
142. Bozrah
143. Salem
144. Stafford
145. Montville
146. Somers
147. Columbia
148. Torrington
149. Norwich
150. Warren
151. Voluntown
152. Lisbon
153. Lebanon
154. Sharon
155. Franklin
156. Sprague
157. Ledyard
158. Plainfield
159. Meriden
160. Windham
161. Wolcott
162. Chaplin
162. Plymouth
164. Sterling
165. Naugatuck
166. Winchester
167. Ansonia
168. Derby
169. Waterbury

Last edited by Danny K; 10-31-2023 at 10:03 PM..
 
Old 11-01-2023, 06:07 AM
 
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